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Today I attended the 2nd lesson of a 3-days Powerlifting Instructor course I'm enrolled in, held by the Italian PL Federation.
This lesson's focus was the Bench Press, so I got to bench a little under the eye of one of the best Italian coaches, Ado Gruzza, who's also a friend.

SQUAT - geared
bar x5
70x5
100x3@6
120x2@7 - added belt
140x1@8
160x2@7 - suit straps down - way high (suit is friggin' tight!)
180x2@8 - light wraps, still high (so no bounce from either wraps or suit)
200x1@8 - still a bit high - med wraps
225x1@9.5 - straps up, tightish wraps - 5 kg PR - lost balance unracking it, so I put it down and picked it back up; I had to fight the suit VERY hard on the way down, so I had little carryover from the gear and bad form.
195x3@8.5 - not bad
195x3@8 - finally got the hang of this suit, and got some decent carryover: by far the best set, and I have it on video (I'll link it as soon as I get it from my training mate).
If I can get consistent with the form I used on the last set - especially on the way down - 225 will get to be @8, and 240 will be within reach.

BENCH - 3cm board
bar x6
60x5@6
80x3@7
100x3@8 - added the board from here
110x3@9
104x3@8
104x3@8
104x3@8
104x3@8
Looks like I've figured out how to lock my chest "up": if I can keep it this way, bench will be moving up soon!

I tried to put some reps in (wanted to do a few triple with 200) but the suit was eating me alive, to the point that I couldn't bend the legs anymore, and my thighs were getting blue.
It took almost 10 minutes to get it off: I need to find a way to widen the suit's legs seams a bit

INCLINE BENCH - POR
56x8@7
60x8@8
66x8@8.5
70x8@9

It was 10 pm, and I was "done": I thinkl I'll put in 5 sessions this week, to distribute the workload. .

how do you find you sleep after a big session late at night like that?

I find it shitty...I have never been a "good sleeper", since I was a child, and this is now compounded by having dinner too late at night (usually about 45 mins-1 hr after the last set) and needing it to "go down" a bit before turning the lights off.
So, I'm rarely asleep before 1am, and this makes for a pretty chronic lack of sleep.

FLOOR PRESS - POR
bar x6
44x6@5
64x6@6
74x6@6.5
84x6@7.5
94x6@8.5
100x6@10 - on last rep, right elbow "bounced" off the floor, putting me off the right line, otherwise it would have been a 9-9.5
90x6@9
84x6@9

Nice session: I was feeling great all through it, and i don't even feel too tired now.

DEADLIFT with suit - sumo
60x5x2
90x3@5
120x2@6.5
150x1@7.5 - belt from here - this flew up
170x1@7.5 - Centurion suit, straps down
190x1@7.5 - straps up from here
190x1@8
190x1@8
180x1@8 - I tried to get more reps I should've gone for triples) but suit-induced pain simply caused me to shutdown when getting into position for the 2nd rep
170x0 - as above - GD Centurion

Weight felt light, but the suit was destroying me: it's very tight, and on DLs I wear it a tad higher on the legs, otherwise I can't get into a sumo stance: this puts the seams in such a position that they just cause bursts of pain whenever I try to bend down - this made every attempt very uncomfortable, and at a certain point I just started to "shut down".

SQUAT - geared
bar x5
75x5@5
105x3@6
125x2@7 - added belt from here
145x1@8
175x2@8 - added Centurion suit, straps down, and light wraps
205x1@8 - straps up
225x1@9 - tighter wraps - this could have been smoother, if I only faced the descent with more aggression
235x1@9.5 - tried to go for the "more aggression" route, but I was still a bit too shy - This is a 10 kg PR, though: not bad!
195x1@10 - WHAT?!?
185x4@9
195x3@10 - I lost tightness down in the hole on the 3rd rep, and coming out of it wasn't easy

Sumo from here:
155x1@7.5 - straps down
175x1@8.5
195x1@9 - straps up - the weight felt heavy-ish 'cause I was thinking more about the suit rather than correct pulling form.
Here's where I got greedy, and went too far:
215x1@11 - almost locked this out, but got stuck a few cm short of completing the lift; after sticking to it and trying to fight my way to a valid pull for 5-8 secs, I threw the bar down.
My pinky finger got stuck in the suit, and now I miss some skin on it - no big deal, other than the blood and swell meant the pulling session was over.

This was only a case of "too much too soon": I've been working hard, heavy and geared for several weeks now, I went @10 on bench various times, and my hands position in the squat puts a bit of stress on my elbows, so a bit of inflammation was to be expected.

I used strap on my right hand for all the 140 and 150 sets, in order to protect the injured pinky.
Due to the forward position imposed by the oly shoes, I had some troubles keeping the bar close to the shins: I have to activate my lats more, since this issue tends to present itself at higher weights on standard deadlifts.

The guy handing the bar off to me had to leave, so I had to stop, otherwise I would've gone for 150 (I'm not having somebody I don't trust handing me off 150 kg off the bait) - it is in moments like this that you realize how powerlifting is actually a team sport!

This week will be all a "cut and paste": tomorrow I have to leave at 4 am, and I'll be on a business trip for 2 days - hopefully, I'll be able to train tomorrow night, and in one of the best PL gyms in the country; on friday, we'll celebrate dad's 70th birthday, so training is out of question...a few busy days ahead!

Busy times bro. Hope you get those trainings in where possible! whats the gym you normally train at like?

Hey mate!
Yep, this should be the busiest week of the ones remaining until the meet...I hope so, at least!

We train in a big commercial gym (the reason why I try to avoid training on mondays!) but we'relucky enough that they've got us 2 racks and a platform (too bad it's a WL platform, not PL).

We also have a bench with safeties, and 3 good bars (we brought in 2 of them)...it could be a lot worse, and with it being a big commercial place, you also have the benefit of a few good looking ch(ee)cks looming around.

DEADLIFT - with suit, no belt (I have none at the moment!)
70x5
90x3
120x2@7
150x1@8.5
170x1@8.5 - Trx suit, straps down
190x1@8.5 - straps up
200x1@10 - chest dropped, so I got stuck right above the knees - I finished the lift, but it was ugly
170x4@8
170x4@8.5
170x4@9